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Bronze Plated Horse Head Bookends c.1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
By Philadelphia Manufacturing Company
Located in San Francisco, CA
Philadelphia Manufacturing Company.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940s.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Bronze Plate
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Bronze Plated Irish Setter Bookends, circa 1940
By Philadelphia Manufacturing Company
Located in San Francisco, CA
age and use.
Creator: Philadelphia Metal Co.
Date of manufacture: c. 1940-1950.
Materials and
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Bookends
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Philadelphia Mahogany Hunt Table
Located in Dallas, TX
American piece of furniture history!
This table was made in the mid-late 18th century circa 1750-1790
Category
Antique 18th Century American George III Dining Room Tables
Materials
Maple, Mahogany
Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia is a lithograph realized in 1864.
Good conditions.
The
Category
1840s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
No Reserve
H 5.52 in W 7.09 in D 0.04 in
Washington's First Meal at His Philadelphia Home
By Frank J. Reilly
Located in Fort Washington, PA
regarded as a great artist but that he could go down in history as one of the greatest teachers of drawing
Category
1940s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Philadelphia" Vintage American Airlines Travel Poster, circa 1960s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original American Airlines travel poster from the 1960s advertising Philadelphia as one
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Philadelphia Toboggan Co. Skee Ball Machine, 1950s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original 1950s Philadelphia Toboggan Co. Skee Ball Machine. Fully mechanical. No need to plug in
Category
Vintage 1950s American Games
Materials
Metal
Morning Walk on the Manyaunk Philadelphia Bridge Impressionist Oil Painting
By Christopher Willett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Impressionist large Philadelphia - A brisk morning walk under the Manayunk bridge. A bundled up man
Category
Late 20th Century American Classical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
H 23.75 in W 29.75 in D 1.5 in
Topkapi Pullman (based on Mural for Lobby, Suburban Train Station, Philadelphia)
By Joyce Kozloff
Located in New York, NY
: "Mural for Lobby, Suburban Train Station, Philadelphia, to be executed in glass mosaic, 2"=1', Joyce
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
'Blue Eyed Girl', PAFA, Philadelphia Museum, Pennsylvania Artist, Trompe L'Oeil
By Robert Childers
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
School in 1941. Following World War II, he studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art where he was
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robert Childers'Blue Eyed Girl', PAFA, Philadelphia Museum, Pennsylvania Artist, Trompe L'Oeil, 1954
H 18 in W 14.25 in D 0.75 in
Ride By Rows: photo of Black urban cowboy in Philadelphia city
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This photograph of a Black cowboy in the urban city of Philadelphia pictured against the city's
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abstract painting w/ collage & photographs, Black African American history
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
. It includes imagery that references African American history and cultural references on the Black
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Pair of Important Philadelphia Shell Carved Walnut Chippendale Side Chairs C1765
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary.
Pair of antique Philadelphia
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century American Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Silk, Walnut
H 40 in W 24 in D 22 in
Three Cubist Still Life Studies by Philadelphia Artist and Collector Earl Horter
By Earl Horter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1999, traced the history of Horter’s collection and included a
Category
Early 20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Abstract painting w/ collage & photographs, Black African American history
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
. It includes imagery that references African American history, including difficult moments of lynching
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Strengths and Weaknesses", acrylic, charcoal, art history, abstract, portrait
Located in Toronto, Ontario
freight train of art history as it hurtles toward you every time you pick up a brush. Luck? Talent? Maybe
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hard-Edge Still-life Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic, Canvas
Double Dutch #3: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This black and white photograph depicts a Black girls' team in the urban city of Philadelphia
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Double Dutch #16: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This black and white photograph depicts a Black girls' team in the urban city of Philadelphia
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Double Dutch #11: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This black and white photograph depicts a Black girls' team in the urban city of Philadelphia
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Double Dutch #37: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This black and white photograph depicts a Black girls' team in the urban city of Philadelphia
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Roseate Spoonbill /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Bird Art
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 1,200
Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Arctic Fox /// Natural History Animal John James Audubon Watercolor Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
, Philadelphia, PA
Publisher: John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman, Philadelphia, PA
Framing: Recently framed
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
STEAM AIRLINER Signed Wood Engraving, Early Flying Machine, Aviation History
By Bernard Brussel-Smith
Located in Union City, NJ
. STEAM AIRLINER is a wildly imaginative example of aviation history all meticulously engraved by the
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
"The Conversation", oil painting, art history, collage, cubism, ideas discussion
Located in Toronto, Ontario
double-edged sword of art history that inspires as it threatens, the creative act as performance. Also
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hard-Edge Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brown Pelican /// Natural History Ornithology Bird Art John James Audubon Sea
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 1,200
Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Snowy Heron /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Snowy Egret Bird
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 1,200
Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Grey Fox /// Natural History Animal Nature John James Audubon Antique Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Lithograph on wove paper
Limited edition: approx. 8,000
Printer: John T. Bowen in Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
Category
1850s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
"A Brief History of Smiling", Modern Figural Collage by Dick Crispo
By Dick Crispo
Located in Soquel, CA
by Dick Crispo (American, b. 1945). Titled "A Brief History of Smileing" (sic) along the bottom edge
Category
1980s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Magazine Paper, Photographic Paper, Pen
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
San Pedro Post Office: History of Writing Mural South, Preliminary Mural Study
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Post Office: History of Writing Mural South, Preliminary Mural Maquette right panel, 1936-7 mixed media
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Northwest Coast Wooden Doll with Thunderbird, Eagle Mask
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
, Philadelphia). History: Acquired from a Midwest doll collector. The doll was collected from Mary Thompson
Category
Vintage 1920s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
Saul Steinberg-Reflections on the Signing of the Declaration of Independence
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bicentennial. Published by the Independence National History Park, Philadelphia, PA.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Harmony Cove 48 X 36
By Frank Hyder
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art, the Carnegie Museum in California, the La Salle Museum of Art in Philadelphia, and the National
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, ABS
Rose Cabat Signed Large Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Studio Pottery Bowl, 1950s
By Rose Cabat
Located in Studio City, CA
of American History, Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
H 3.75 in W 8 in D 8 in
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Rosewood Campaign Writing Slope Desk 14"
Located in Dayton, OH
compartments and writing surfaces.
At one point in its history, this slope belonged to a Carrie Gilman of
Category
Antique 19th Century Campaign Desk Sets
Materials
Brass
O-Poth-Le-Yo-Ho-Lo by McKinney & Hall, 1842
Located in Kenilworth, IL
& Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America,” octavo edition, published 1848-55. The bottom of
Category
Antique 1840s American Prints
Materials
Paper
Antique 1896 Morgan One Dollar
Located in Braintree, GB
American history. It evokes images of the Wild West. Cowboys stepping into a hostile bar and flipping the
Category
Antique 1870s American Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Bronze-Plated Dog Bookends, circa 1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
" Philadelphia Metal Co. Both bookends are in good condition and have retained their finish and have the
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Framed Oil on Canvas "Pelican" by Susan Schwartz
Located in Savannah, GA
, continuing in college, double majoring
in Art History and Studio Art. After college, I worked as a Visual
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Framed Oil on Canvas "Spoonbill" by Susan Schwartz
Located in Savannah, GA
, continuing in college, double majoring
in Art History and Studio Art. After college, I worked as a Visual
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Framed Oil on Canvas "Sunflowers" by Susan Schwartz
Located in Savannah, GA
, continuing in college, double majoring
in Art History and Studio Art. After college, I worked as a Visual
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Deborah Hiatt, acrylic on canvas painting, Pueblo Indian Scene, 1987
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
colors.
Hiatt majored in the visual arts and art history at Moore College of Arts in Philadelphia; she
Category
Vintage 1980s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
3-part painting construction by Black African American artist, w/ found objects
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
African American cultural history. Each piece measures 23" x 7.75" x 2.5", and they can be hung close
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Glass, Wood
Lice
Located in Fairlawn, OH
1919. The young couple moved to Philadelphia where Mr. Bishop worked at a manufacturing plant as both
Category
1920s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Venice Italy Landscape Gouache Painting Canal with Gondolier Bridge of Sighs
Located in Surfside, FL
Vita P. Solomon Born December 16, 1916 in Philadelphia, PA to Harry Petrosky and Rose Bobrow, Vita
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
War Dance of the Sauks and Foxes Hand Colored Lithograph C.1837
Located in San Francisco, CA
, Philadelphia.
Beautiful hand colored lithograph from the "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" by
Category
1830s Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 14.25 in W 19.5 in D 0.1 in
"Billy Ray's Tavern" realistic miniature, architecture, building, cityscape
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
28"h x 19"w x 7"d.
Drew Leshko is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based artist. By carving, cutting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Noemi Paris" Hyper-realistic miniature, architecture, building, cityscape
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
15.5"h x 18.5"w x 10.5"d.
Drew Leshko is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based artist. By carving
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Wire
H 15.5 in W 18.5 in D 10.5 in
"Friendly Money Loan" Realistic miniature, architecture, building, cityscape
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
measures 35"h x 16"w x 9"d.
Drew Leshko is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based artist. By carving
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire, Enamel
Early 19th Century Original Alexander Wilson Print of American Ornithology
Located in Montréal, CA
Artist: Alexander Wilson
Engraver: A. Lauson
Publication: American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Prints
Materials
Paper
Free Shipping
H 17.13 in W 13.5 in D 0.13 in
20th Century Tobia Scarpa for Gavina Daybed mod. Vanessa
By Tobia Scarpa, Gavina
Located in Turin, Turin
cutting-edge technology, ergonomic function, and cultural history. After graduating in architecture he
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Steel
Beatrice Wood Signed Volcanic Ash Blue Iridescent Luster Studio Pottery Bowl
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
interesting history/ provenance. This piece came from Beatrice's personal collection. She was using it as a
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
H 1.5 in W 8.5 in D 8.25 in
Original "The Ships Are Coming" vintage American poster with an Eagle.
By James Henry Daugherty
Located in Spokane, WA
: U.S. Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation, Publication Section, Philadelphia, 1917.
Poster
Category
1910s American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
James Henry DaughertyOriginal "The Ships Are Coming" vintage American poster with an Eagle., 1917-18
H 30 in W 20 in D 0.05 in
Cubist Still-Life
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Philadelphia with extended stays in London, Lisbon, Paris, and Rome. At a very young age, Peri learned
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1856 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
president of Philadelphia's Central High School and was a professor of natural history and chemistry at the
Category
Antique 1850s American Maps
Materials
Paper
Early 19th Century Print of Orioles by Alexander Wilson of American Ornithology
Located in Montréal, CA
: Alexander Wilson
Engraver: A. Lauson
Publication: American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Prints
Materials
Paper
Free Shipping
H 17.13 in W 13.5 in D 0.13 in
Anselm Kiefer by Mark Rosenthal, Museum Edition Trade Paperback, 1987
By Anselm Kiefer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
mounted in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, and the MOMA in New York.
Anselm Kiefer is a German
Category
Vintage 1980s American International Style Books
Materials
Paper
Beatrice Wood Signed Volcanic Lava Glaze Mid-Century Modern Studio Vase Vessel
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
of California
1983 Symposium Award of the Institute for Ceramic History
1961 Goodwill Ambassador from
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Earthenware
"Pig" Found Object Sculpture by Leo Sewell
By Leo Sewell
Located in Wiscasset, ME
and moved to Philadelphia in 1974. As a child in Annapolis, he "recalls the "excitement of tinkering
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century Modern California Glazed Studio Ceramic Bowl
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
for Ceramic History
1961 Goodwill Ambassador from USA to India – exhibition and lecture tour
Her
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Henri Antique American Portrait Painting
By Robert Henri 1
Located in New York, NY
one of the most influential teachers and artists in the history of American art. He studied at the
Category
Antique 19th Century American Paintings
Materials
Paint
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